Your Hyundai A-League stats preview: Sydney FC v City

It’s a blockbuster start to Round 11 of the Hyundai A-League with first-placed Sydney FC hosting third-placed Melbourne City at Allianz Stadium on Friday night.

The Sky Blues are coming off a record Sydney Derby win, while Warren Joyce’s City have steadied with back-to-back wins.

Who’ll come out on top? Opta Data tries to help you pick a winner.

Sydney FC have won their last three games against Melbourne City, the longest winning streak of either team in the history of this fixture in the Hyundai A-League, and they have kept a clean sheet in their last two encounters.

Melbourne City have picked up competition points in three of their last four visits to Allianz Stadium to face the Sky Blues (W1, D2, L1) in the Hyundai A-League, though the last time they managed more than one goal in a such a fixture was in 2011 (won 4-0).

The Sky Blues have won just one of their last five games the fixture after scoring 5+ goals in a Hyundai A-League game (D1, L3), a record which includes two losses to Melbourne City.

Warren Joyce’s men picked up a 2-1 win on their last trip to New South Wales in the Hyundai A-League, and will now be looking for back-to-back victories in the state for the first time since December 2015.

Sydney have scored four goals within the opening 15 minutes of games this Hyundai A-League campaign, more than any other team.

City has managed 16 shots on target from outside the box this Hyundai A-League season, more than any other club in the competition and six more than Sydney FC.

Sky Blues defender Jordy Buijs has a passing accuracy of 88% this Hyundai A-League season, the best of any player to have made at least 200 passes.

Of the five players to have conceded more than 20 fouls this Hyundai A-League season, three have done so in a Melbourne City jersey (Jakobsen 27, Muscat 26, Mauk 21).